(Livejournal is down. It went down right as I hit Post on a long entry to a community. ARGH I SHOULD KNOW BETTER TYPE IT UP IN GOOGLE DOCS FIRST, NANILA.)
Anyway, today's recommendation is for a Dreamwidth community. It's the first one I've created and it's called![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
bitesizedreading. With co-admin ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ironed_orchid's help, it's been modeled after bitesizedcleaning. I made it because my novel-length reading has declined dramatically since having children and with increased responsibility at work. I was so busy shaming myself for "not reading" that I was failing to notice that I actually spend loads of time reading, it's just that it's focused differently now and tends to be more, well, bite-sized: articles in Nature and The Economist (though I rarely consume an entire weekly issue), instruction manuals, labels on the washing, chapters in non-fiction books, e-mail and of course daily social media catchup. All this counts! It's worthy of recording, and of cheerleading. As the community intro says:
Please join in!
(This entry is not cross-posted to BLOOMIN' INCONVENIENT LIVEJOURNAL.)
Anyway, today's recommendation is for a Dreamwidth community. It's the first one I've created and it's called
bitesizedreading. With co-admin ironed_orchid's help, it's been modeled after bitesizedcleaning. I made it because my novel-length reading has declined dramatically since having children and with increased responsibility at work. I was so busy shaming myself for "not reading" that I was failing to notice that I actually spend loads of time reading, it's just that it's focused differently now and tends to be more, well, bite-sized: articles in Nature and The Economist (though I rarely consume an entire weekly issue), instruction manuals, labels on the washing, chapters in non-fiction books, e-mail and of course daily social media catchup. All this counts! It's worthy of recording, and of cheerleading. As the community intro says:This community is intended to provide a way to remind ourselves that all reading, whether it's short stories, articles in magazines, fanfic, Dreamwidth posts or the instructions on a packet of instant noodles, counts as reading. Sometimes we have the energy to read an entire novel in a day. Sometimes we don't have the energy or the time to expend on getting into lengthy written works. Here, we celebrate the reading we've done without passing judgment on the word count or the content.
Please join in!
(This entry is not cross-posted to BLOOMIN' INCONVENIENT LIVEJOURNAL.)
